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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1917)
altp iHmtlunmnij iflmtttur. VOL. XXXII. ALLIES MAKE WONDERFUL GAIN French and Italians Capture German Positions and Take Prisoners. Special Service to Monitor. New York. —With the British troops busily engaged in the successful par rying of German counter thrusts against the newly-won ground in Flan ders, the French and the Italians have i I started monster offensives the . French against the Germans, near Ver dun, and the Italians against the Aus trians from the region of the Plava to near the headwaters of the Adriatic sea. Advance Made On Wide Fronts Sharp* decisive blows have gained for the French positions held by the Germans on a front of more than eleven miles, extending from the Avo- i court wood eastward across the River Meuse, and into the Bois de Chaume, while the Italians, after a bombard- ! ment of an intensity never before ex perienced in that theater, have leveled Austrian defenses, cross the Alps and also the Isonzo river and now are at deadly grips with the enemy along a front of about thirty-seven miles. Many Prisoners Taken By Allies Nearly 12,000 prisoners already have been counted by the French and Ital ians and doubtless this number will be materially augmented when full de tails of the fighting are at hand. In ad dition the Germans and Austrians lost heavily in men killed or wounded and in guns and machine guns captured. The new territory taken by the French embraces positions that have literally weltered in French and German blood in battles that have waged to and fro since the German crown prince started ! his most costly enterprise, the attempt to take Verdun, which resulted in ut ter failure as a military maneuver and cost the lives of tens of thousands of his men. Great Salients Captured By French Notable among the captured posi tions are the Avocourt wood, two sum mits of Le Morte Homme, the Cor beaux wood and Champneuville, all of which were held notwithstanding vi cious counter attacks by the Germans, which were broken up by the French fire with heavy casualties to the ene mies. French airmen materially aided the infantry in the press forward, swooping low and emptying their ma chine guns into the ranks of the Ger mans and in fighting in the air with German protecting machines, eleven of which were sent hurling to the ground. Truck Turns Over; Five Are Injured. Waycross, Ga., August 19. Five persons were injured, two seriously, when an automobile truck turned over at the Gilmore street crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line early today, after skidding when it struck the first rail. Brewton Ward, who was driv ing, was pinned beneath the ma chine and badly hurt about the head and upper portion of his body. G. E. Ulmer, member of the company of pioneer engineers of Camp Harris, Macon, received a severe gash in his head and was bruised about the body. Sergeant Thad Lee, of the same company, was hurt about the back. W. B. Williams suffered a broken nose and had his right knee so badly gashed a number of stitches had to be taken in it. Raymond Hendry was painfully bruised. John Cox and Wilburn Beaton, the other occupants of the truck, escaped unhurt. The truck was badly damaged in the accident. Members of the fire department hurried to the scene and took the injured men to the fire headquarters, where first aid was rendered pending the arrival of physicians. The party was en route to Brunswick to spend the day. Exemption Merchant Sent to Atlanta Pen. New York, August 21.—A ver dict of guilty was found here to against Kalman Gruher, go-be tween for Dr. S. J. Bernfeld and Louis I. Cherey, members of the exemption board No. 99, who pleaded guilty yesterday to re ceiving bribes for granting ex emptions. He was sentenced to two years in the Atlanta peniten tiary. The jury was out three and a half hours. Military Honors for Mount Vernon Man. . Lieutenant J. Bradwell Lanier ,of the National Officers’ Reserve ] Corps arrived a few days ago to' visit his father, Col. A. L. Lanier. For three months he has been in ! training at Fort McPherson, af ter which he was given a com mission as second lieutenant, a position which he no doubt fully merited. At Fort McPherson all branch es of the service, except aviation, 1 which is being taught at the Technological school at Atlanta, have been taught the men. This service has been intense, and as far as practical, has been identi cal with that practiced on the battle field. At least, it fits the men for advance service on the European battle fields. About 2500 men have been trained at 1 jthis camp, and many who failed to receive commissions from the first camp service will be included in the second, which begins in a few days. At the expiration of his fur ,lough, Lieut. Lanier will be stationed at Camp Gordon, where facilities are being made for tak ing care of 40,000 men. Mont gomery county friends are proud of the record of this young man and congratulate him on his most excellent record. He is the only man from this immediate section to receive a commission in the of ficers’ reserve. His brother, Don, is in the naval service. Box Supper. I The young folks will give a box supper at Bethel chnrch, three miles south of Kibbee, at the Swift Creek school house, and the public is cordially invited to! attend. Let the girls carry lunch boxes, and let the young men be ready to buy them. They failed to annonce the date, hence those concerned will have to make inquiry, by wireless or otherwise, and be in a position to respond. HON. JOHN L WOOTEN DIES AT MAE Once a Prominent Citizen of Montgomery County, in 86th Year. After a gradual decline in health, Hon. John A. Wooten, formerly a citizen of this county, but of late years a resident of Mc- Rae, died at his home there Mon day. About three weeks ago he suffered a slight stroke of pa ralysis, from which he did not recover. As a citizen of Montgomery county, Mr. Wooten was well known and most highly esteemed as one of its first citizens. He is survived by his wife and six chil dren—Messrs. W. A., John and : Mack Wooten of Eastman, and Mrs. Jordan of Vienna, Mrs. D. A. Mcßae of this place and Mrs. i j Wilkins of Eastman. Mr. Wooten formerly resided at Springhill, then in Montgom ' ery county, and was prominent in public affairs. He served a term or more as state senator. Remains were laid away yester day, witnessed by many relatives and friends. He was 86 years of age, and his death brings to close a long and useful life. II Central Train Kills Man Near Reynolds. Reynolds, Aug. 19.—An east bound freight train on the Cen tral of Georgia Railroad ran down and killed a man near the 45- mile post at Reynolds, at about 6:30 o’clock this afternoon. | In his pockets was found a card of identification, giving the name Black, and instructions to notify i Mrs. Lester, of Thomas street, Athens, Ga. His purse contain ed a money order issued from the LaGrange postoffice for $lO and about sl4 in cash. His body was sent to Athens. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 23, 1917. FOOTBALL STAR IN ENGINEER CORPS I »X .V. W Eddie Hart, tin* former Princeton football captain, now a member of the Seventeenth regiment of engineers at Camp McPherson, Ga., busily engaged in repairing the engine of his motorcar. Liquor Makers and Asers Will Face the Law. i Sunday was a bad day for blind tigers and booze fighters in Mont gomery. During the forenoon Sheriff Davis and Constable But tersworth arrested Fred Hudson, a negro, living east of the colored churches, and on his place found small quantities of both beer and whiskey. He was given a com mitment trial before Justices Hughes and Ryals and was re leased on a bond of $l5O. In the afternoon they arrested ( J. E. Highsmith, another negro, living near McGregor, for drunk enness and wife beating. Later they raided a tiger on j the place of Willie Calhonn, near ! Higgston, the house occupied by J Sweetwater Fuller. This outfit consisted of the usual tin can, run pipe, barrels, etc. It was housed in a smokehouse, and bore evidence of having been recently in operation. Rotten peaches, from which the beer had been drained, testified to the nature of the product. This place was lo cated south of Higgston. Fuller was arrested. Will Hear More of Jeffersonian Matter. Mount Airy, Ga., August 20. Judge Emory Speer, who heard on Saturday arguments in a mo tion to enjoin the postmaster at Thomson, Ga., from denying; second-class mailing privileges to I The Weekly Jeffersnian, the pub lication of Thomas E. Watson, re cently barred from the mails un der its permit, has cited the government to file with him a bill |of particulars pointing out just what was objectionable in The Jeffersonian, and in what speci fric issue, that would legally re strict it from the second-class mailing privileges allowed to newspapers of specifiic and regu lar dates of publication. Judge Speer set Saturday, August 25, at Fairfield, Inn, Sapphire, N. C., as the place and date for hearing the government’s furthur plea in the case. Recent Sales of Mt. Vernon Property. Mr. J. Wade Johnson has re cently made a number of real estate deals in Mt. Vernon. He sold the Beugnot residence to Mr. T. H. Cockfield; the Rabun residence on Institute Heights to Mr. H. H. Johnson; and the Blackwell place, also on Institute Heights, to Mr. J. W. Mclntyre. For years there has been a de mand for dwellings in Mt. Ver non, and a dozen more could be rented this fall on account of the | school. j Axe, Hammer And Gun Used In Killing Two. Crawfordville, Ga,, Aug. 21. Seab I. Jones was killed at his home, one and a half miles from Crawfordville, last night about 12 o’clock. A negro cook, Sara Chester, who lived in a nearby house and is suppossd to have been attracted by the cries of Mr. Jones, also was slain. In connection with the killing officers are holding a negro named Oscar Allen, who is said to have ' confessed. The victims were horribly beat en up, the assailant having used i a pistol, axes, hammer, hoes and | heavy pieces of iron. It is sup ! posed that the killing was promp ted by Allen demanding of Mr. Jones clothes which he had putin pawn for money borrowed and Mr. Jones’ refusal to let the clothes go without the money. The assailent took all the j money he con Id find about the premises and left. The screams of the woman attracted the atten tion of the neighbors and the in vestigation that followed revealed the bodies. It is thought there was a second party to the crime. A posse was formed and Allen was soon arrested and put in jail. Harlem Is Swept By Disastrous Fire. Harlem, Ga., August 19. —Fire ; broke out about 3 o’clock in J. J. ! Zachry’s planing mill, located in the center of town, and quickly spread to the Harlem warehouse, and then consumed the Paschael two-story brick building, which | houses the Walton Drug company, J. W. Bell grocery store and J. T. Olive’s law office. It also burned the old Masonic building and a dwelling owned by T. B. Jones and occupied by Mrs. S. N. Chap man; the dwelling of R. L. Quinn and the electric lighting plant. There was a good deal of lum ber for the cantonment at Augus ta under or near the planing shed, two carloads on the siding being burned; Total loss is estimated at $50,- j 000, with only $7,000 insurance. Augusta responded to the call for help, but by the time the company from that city arrived i the fire was under control. I t Dates Changed For Conscripts. Washington, Aug. 20. Mobili zation of the second increment of draft troops was changed today ifrom September 15 to 19 and third increment from September .‘lO to October 3. Mobilizatiton of the first increment will be as previously announced, Sept. 5. The postponements are said to he due to delays in the local hoards in getting their quotas ready for j service. Aged Lady is Hurt in Auto Accident. | Mrs. E. B. Taylor, residing near Alston, was painfully hurt last Friday in the public road I near her home by an automobile driven by Jurell Calhoun of Glen wood. Information received at this of-, fice is to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, driving in a buggy, were overtaken by young Mr. Calhoun. Mrs. Taylor is said to have gotten out of the buggy, and as the car approached, was in some manner struck by it. Her ! injuries, while painful, are not supposed to be of a serious nature. ! Warrants were issued for the driver of the car, and he was | given a commitment trial in the 1 justice court. Mr. Calhoun, it is said, gave bond for his apnear- 1 ance at the superior court. This accident occurred on the public | road near a point where a young lady was killed in an auto acci- 1 dent about two months ago, and is regretted by all. New Warehouse Co., Organised at Alston. Notice of Application for char ter of The Alston Warehouse Co. will be seen in this issue. The new company will be composed of J. T. Walker, Mcßride 8r05.,! M. I). Kirkland, H. G. Mcßride | and W. G. Williamson, and it proposes to do a general ware house and storage business, in cluding the handling of cotton, grain, fertilizers, etc. This company is composed of some of the best known business men of Alston, and no doubt the venture will be a success from the start. They hope to have their charter granted at the ad journed term of Montgomery su perior court. Success to them. BRITISH LAND CRUISERS DEATH TO GERMANS i Germans, Paralyzed With Fear, Applaud Victory Show of Enemy. Special Service to Monitor. British Front in Franco and Belgium. British tanks scored another triumph in the capture of important German positions in the neighborhood of the Ypres-Poelcapelle road, north of St. ! Julian. It was a tank show almost from start to fipish and the infantry, in this case, played the part of super numeraries in support of the leading actors, while large numbers of the en emy troops added a final melodramatic | touch by surrendering abjectly or ; fleeing in terror as the heavy leads lumbered on to the stage and "reach ed for their shooting irons.” As recorded in the official.communi cation, the British captured German defenses along a mile front to a depth Os r.OU yards. Among the strongholds occupied were the famous Triangle, Hlhau and Cockcroft farms, the sites of exceedingly strong concrete and steel machine guns redoubts that men- i aced the infantry advance. It was I ! dawn when the tanks lined up and i waited for the signal to “go over the j top.” The British artillery, observing no I ; less of chivalry to the tanks than to , the infantry in the past, poured a pre liminary stream of shells into the Ger man lines. Blood Drafted; Drafted Riches, Tool Washington.—Widespread sentiment In the senate in favor of adding to the total of the war tax bill by imposing higher rates on war profits and Income taxes received new impetus with the opening of the third week of debate. Speeches advocating such increases were made by Senators Johnson of California; Hollis'of New Hampshire, and Jones of New Mexico. Now Sena ; tor LaFollette is expected to make his address in favor of levying virtually all war taxes upon incomes and war profits. "Take Last Cent,” Coal Men’s Motto S'. Louis. William S. Scott, presi dent of the Missouri and Illinois com pany, who leases coal mines near Belle ville, 111., testified at the hearing of Missouri’s inquiry into the high price of fuel that it was the policy of the coal men to make all they can, both in war and in peace. Asked as to his idea of a fair profit during war, he said: “There is no limit. We get what we can. Everybody is doing that, in- I eluding the farmer. I am doing all I I can to get what I can.” i | ASSEMBLY PASSES TREUTLEN COUNTY Measure put Through House With Many Votes to Spare. | After pending for five years, the bill creating Treutlen county, from portions of Montgomery and Emanuel counties, was pass ed in the House of Representa tives Wednesnay last, the vote being 147 to 32. This bill passed the Senate two weeks before, and should it be ratified by the ’ people at the next general elec tion, will become effective, j Taking 131 square miles of Montgomery county, which has 374, would leave the mother coun ity 243 square miles. Having for years opuosed the creation of this county, to its financial loss, and having seen the people of Montgomery yield to the demands iof the new county advocates to i such an extent that the bill has been overwhelmingly passed by 1 the General Assembly, The Montgomery Monitor declines to further discuss the matter fcr the present. If put into effect, Montgomery county, by the pass age of the Treutlen county meas ure, will have been reduced to a j mere nothing, from every stand i point. j Regardless of the merits or | demerits of the case. The Mont j gomery Monitor feels a pride in I having defended the rights of the people, as it has seen it. Its j losses have not been reimbursed to the extent of a penny: it has , been and is still its own burden j bearer. If the people of Mont i gomery county appreciate the ef fonts of The Montgomery Mon itor, well enough: if they do not | appreciate its position, there is i no room for complaint—its fight has cost the people of Montgom j ery county nothing. Troops Will Be Trained In Cuba. Washington, Aug. 18. United States forces will train in Cuba, it was announced today at the State Department. An offer from the Cuban Government has been accepted and some of the forces to be used in Europe will be sent to the eastern end of the island. The Cuban offer pointed out that it had available several ex cellent training sites and would be glad to have the United States Government avail itself of them. War Department authorities chose the most suitable sites and reported to the State Department. No intimation of the number or character of the troops to train on the island was given by either i the State or War Department. Although no hint has been given as to the troops to be sent to Cuba to train, it is believed j likely that negro troops will be designated, no policy having yet been announced regarding their handling, and a considerable prob lem having arisen in the War De partment as to their disposition. " Four Men Are Shot On Montgomery Car. Montgomery, Ala., August 19. Roger llall, motorman on a street car; Bird Boyd, a pas senger; Jesse Watts, conductor, 'and Frank Warren, another pas senger, were shot, the first two probably fatally, in a riot at West End, a suburb. Tbe motorman and conductor were operating the car as strike-breakers. The trol ley rope was cut, and while in the darkness endeavoring to tie the rope and replace the trolley, a number of shots were fired. The motorman and conductor are said to have done some shooting, which they claim was in self-de fense. It has not been deter mined who is responsible for starting the disturbance. Watts is being held at police head quarters “for investigation.” The police says Watts admits i having shot Boyd. NO. 17.
